# List of American films of 1958

A list of American films released in 1958. The musical romantic comedy film Gigi won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

## A-B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Ambush at Cimarron Pass | Jodie Copelan | Scott Brady, Margia Dean, Clint Eastwood | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Andy Hardy Comes Home | Howard W. Koch | Mickey Rooney, Patricia Breslin, Fay Holden | Comedy | MGM |
| Anna Lucasta | Arnold Laven | Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr., Frederick O'Neal | Film noir | United Artists; Remake of 1949 film |
| Apache Territory | Ray Nazarro | Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, John Dehner | Western | Columbia |
| As Young as We Are | Bernard Girard | Robert Harland, Pippa Scott, Majel Barrett | Drama | Paramount |
| Attack of the 50 Foot Woman | Nathan H. Juran | Allison Hayes, Yvette Vickers, William Hudson | Science fiction | Allied Artists |
| Attack of the Puppet People | Bert I. Gordon | John Agar, June Kenney, John Hoyt | Science fiction | AIP |
| Auntie Mame | Morton DaCosta | Rosalind Russell, Coral Browne, Forrest Tucker | Comedy | Warner Bros.; 5 Academy Award nominations |
| The Badlanders | Delmer Daves | Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado | Western | MGM |
| Badman's Country | Fred F. Sears | George Montgomery, Buster Crabbe, Karin Booth | Western | Warner Bros. |
| The Barbarian and the Geisha | John Huston | John Wayne, Eiko Ando, Sam Jaffe | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Bell, Book and Candle | Richard Quine | James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon | Comedy | Columbia |
| The Big Beat | Will Cowan | William Reynolds, Andra Martin, Gogi Grant | Musical | Universal |
| The Big Country | William Wyler | Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Jean Simmons | Western | United Artists; Oscar for Ives |
| The Blob | Irvin Yeaworth | Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Stephen Chase | Horror | Paramount; Remade in 1988. 1988 film |
| Blood Arrow | Charles Marquis Warren | Phyllis Coates, Scott Brady, Paul Richards | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Bonjour Tristesse | Otto Preminger | Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg | Drama | Columbia |
| Born Reckless | Howard W. Koch | Mamie van Doren, Carol Ohmart, Jeff Richards | Western | Warner Bros. |
| The Brain Eaters | Bruno VeSota | Ed Nelson, Joanna Lee, Leonard Nimoy | Science fiction | AIP |
| The Bravados | Henry King | Gregory Peck, Stephen Boyd, Joan Collins | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| The Brothers Karamazov | Richard Brooks | Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom | Drama | MGM |
| The Buccaneer | Anthony Quinn | Yul Brynner, Claire Bloom, Charles Boyer | Adventure | Paramount |
| Buchanan Rides Alone | Budd Boetticher | Randolph Scott, Craig Stevens, Jennifer Holden | Western | Columbia |
| Bullwhip | Harmon Jones | Guy Madison, Rhonda Fleming, James Griffith | Western | Allied Artists |

## C-F

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Case Against Brooklyn | Paul Wendkos | Darren McGavin, Margaret Hayes, Warren Stevens | Drama | Columbia |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Richard Brooks | Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives | Drama | MGM; based on Tennessee Williams play; 6 Academy Award nominations |
| Cattle Empire | Charles Marquis Warren | Joel McCrea, Phyllis Coates, Gloria Talbott | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| A Certain Smile | Jean Negulesco | Rossano Brazzi, Joan Fontaine, Bradford Dillman | Drama | 20th Century Fox; based on book by Françoise Sagan |
| China Doll | Frank Borzage | Victor Mature, Li Li-hua, Ward Bond | War romance | United Artists |
| Cole Younger, Gunfighter | R. G. Springsteen | Frank Lovejoy, James Best, Abby Dalton | Western | Allied Artists |
| The Colossus of New York | Eugène Lourié | Ross Martin, Hardy Krüger, Mala Powers | Science fiction | Paramount |
| The Cool and the Crazy | William Witney | Scott Marlowe, Gigi Perreau, Richard Bakalyan | Drama | AIP |
| Cop Hater | William Berke | Robert Loggia, Gerald O'Loughlin, Shirley Ballard | Crime | United Artists |
| Corridors of Blood | Robert Day | Boris Karloff, Betta St. John, Christopher Lee | Horror | MGM. Co-production with the UK |
| Country Music Holiday | Alvin Ganzer | Ferlin Husky, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Rocky Graziano | Musical | Paramount |
| Cowboy | Delmer Daves | Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon, Anna Kashfi | Western | Columbia |
| Crash Landing | Fred F. Sears | Gary Merrill, Nancy Davis, Irene Hervey | Drama | Columbia; final film of Nancy Reagan |
| The Cry Baby Killer | Joe Addis | Harry Lauter, Jack Nicholson, Carolyn Mitchell | Crime | Allied Artists |
| Cry Terror! | Andrew L. Stone | James Mason, Inger Stevens, Rod Steiger | Thriller | MGM |
| Curse of the Faceless Man | Edward L. Cahn | Richard Anderson, Adele Mara, Luis van Rooten | Horror | United Artists |
| Daddy-O | Lou Place | Dick Contino, Sandra Giles, Bruno VeSota | Comedy | AIP |
| Damn Citizen | Robert Gordon | Keith Andes, Margaret Hayes, Lynn Bari | Film noir | Universal |
| Damn Yankees | Stanley Donen, George Abbott | Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston | Musical | Warner Bros.; based on the stage musical |
| Darby's Rangers | William Wellman | James Garner, Jack Warden, Stuart Whitman | War | Warner Bros. |
| Day of the Badman | Harry Keller | Fred MacMurray, Joan Weldon, John Ericson | Western | Universal |
| The Decks Ran Red | Andrew L. Stone | James Mason, Dorothy Dandridge, Broderick Crawford | Drama | MGM |
| The Deep Six | Rudolph Maté | Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, William Bendix | War drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Defiant Ones | Stanley Kramer | Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel | Drama | UA; 6 Oscar nominations |
| Desert Hell | Charles Marquis Warren | Brian Keith, Barbara Hale, Richard Denning | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Desire Under the Elms | Delbert Mann | Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives | Drama | Paramount; based on Eugene O'Neill play |
| Diamond Safari | Gerald Mayer | Kevin McCarthy, André Morell, Hanna Landy | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Dragstrip Riot | David Bradley | Yvonne Lime, Fay Wray, Connie Stevens | Drama | AIP |
| Earth vs. the Spider | Bert I. Gordon | Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Eugene Persson | Science fiction | AIP |
| Edge of Fury | Irving Lerner | Michael Higgins, Jean Allison, Malcolm Lee Beggs | Drama | United Artists |
| Enchanted Island | Allan Dwan | Jane Powell, Dana Andrews, Arthur Shields | Adventure | RKO |
| The Fearmakers | Jacques Tourneur | Dana Andrews, Dick Foran, Mel Tormé | Film noir | United Artists |
| The Female Animal | Harry Keller | Hedy Lamarr, Jane Powell, Jan Sterling | Drama | Universal |
| The Fiend Who Walked the West | Gordon Douglas | Robert Evans, Hugh O'Brian, Dolores Michaels | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| The Flame Barrier | Paul Landres | Arthur Franz, Kathleen Crowley, Robert Brown | Science fiction | United Artists |
| Flaming Frontier | Sam Newfield | Bruce Bennett, Jim Davis, Cecil Linder | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Flood Tide | Abner Biberman | George Nader, Cornell Borchers, Joanna Moore | Drama | Universal |
| The Fly | Kurt Neumann | Vincent Price, Patricia Owens, Herbert Marshall | Science fiction | 20th Century Fox; remade in 1986 |
| Fort Bowie | Howard W. Koch | Ben Johnson, Maureen Hingert, Kent Taylor | Western | United Artists |
| Fort Dobbs | Gordon Douglas | Clint Walker, Virginia Mayo, Brian Keith | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Fort Massacre | Joseph M. Newman | Joel McCrea, Forrest Tucker, Susan Cabot | Western | United Artists |
| Fortune Is a Woman | Sidney Gilliat | Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl, Dennis Price | Film noir | Columbia. Co-production with the UK |
| Frankenstein 1970 | Howard W. Koch | Boris Karloff, Jana Lund, Don "Red" Barry | Horror | Allied Artists |
| Frankenstein's Daughter | Richard Cunha | John Ashley, Sandra Knight, Sally Todd | Horror | Astor |
| Fraulein | Henry Koster | Dana Wynter, Mel Ferrer, Dolores Michaels | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| From Hell to Texas | Henry Hathaway | Don Murray, Diane Varsi, Dennis Hopper | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| From the Earth to the Moon | Byron Haskin | Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget | Science fiction | Warner Bros. |
| Frontier Gun | Paul Landres | John Agar, Lyn Thomas, Joyce Meadows | Western | 20th Century Fox |

## G-K

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Gang War | Gene Fowler Jr. | Charles Bronson, Jennifer Holden, Kent Taylor | Crime drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Geisha Boy | Frank Tashlin | Jerry Lewis, Sessue Hayakawa, Suzanne Pleshette | Comedy | Paramount |
| Ghost of the China Sea | Fred F. Sears | David Brian, Jonathan Haze, Mel Prestidge | War | Columbia |
| The Gift of Love | Jean Negulesco | Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Lorne Greene | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Gigi | Vincente Minnelli | Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier | Musical | MGM; won 9 Academy Awards |
| The Girl Most Likely | Mitchell Leisen | Jane Powell, Cliff Robertson, Kaye Ballard | Comedy | RKO |
| Girl in the Woods | Tom Gries | Margaret Hayes, Forrest Tucker, Barton MacLane | Drama | Republic |
| Girl on the Run | Richard L. Bare | Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Erin O'Brien, Shepperd Strudwick | Drama | Warner Bros.; TV series pilot |
| Girls on the Loose | Paul Henreid | Mara Corday, Lita Milan, Barbara Bostock | Film noir | Universal |
| God's Little Acre | Anthony Mann | Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Tina Louise | Drama | United Artists |
| The Goddess | John Cromwell | Kim Stanley, Lloyd Bridges, Steven Hill | Drama | Columbia |
| Going Steady | Fred F. Sears | Molly Bee, Alan Reed Jr., Irene Hervey | Comedy | Columbia |
| Gun Fever | Mark Stevens | Mark Stevens, Maureen Hingert, John Lupton | Western | United Artists |
| Gunman's Walk | Phil Karlson | Van Heflin, Tab Hunter, Kathryn Grant | Western | Columbia |
| The Gun Runners | Don Siegel | Audie Murphy, Eddie Albert, Patricia Owens | Film noir | United Artists |
| Gunsmoke in Tucson | Thomas Carr | Mark Stevens, Forrest Tucker, Gale Robbins | Western | Allied Artists |
| Handle with Care | David Friedkin | Dean Jones, Joan O'Brien, Thomas Mitchell | Drama | MGM |
| Harry Black | Hugo Fregonese | Stewart Granger, Barbara Rush, Anthony Steel | Adventure | 20th Century Fox. Co-production with the UK |
| Hell's Five Hours | Jack L. Copeland | Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, Vic Morrow | Thriller | Allied Artists |
| The High Cost of Loving | José Ferrer | José Ferrer, Gena Rowlands, Joanne Gilbert | Comedy drama | MGM |
| High School Confidential | Jack Arnold | Mamie Van Doren, Russ Tamblyn, Diane Jergens | Crime drama | MGM |
| Home Before Dark | Mervyn LeRoy | Jean Simmons, Rhonda Fleming, Dan O'Herlihy | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Hong Kong Affair | Paul F. Heard | Jack Kelly, May Wynn, Richard Loo | Crime | Allied Artists |
| Hong Kong Confidential | Edward L. Cahn | Gene Barry, Beverly Tyler, Allison Hayes | Thriller | United Artists |
| The Hot Angel | Joe Parker | Jackie Loughery, Ed Kemmer, Lyle Talbot | Drama | Paramount |
| Hot Car Girl | Bernard L. Kowalski | June Kenney, Richard Bakalyan, Robert Knapp | Crime | Allied Artists |
| Hot Rod Gang | Lew Landers | John Ashley, Gene Vincent, Maureen Arthur | Drama | AIP |
| Hot Spell | Daniel Mann | Anthony Quinn, Shirley Booth, Shirley MacLaine | Drama | Paramount |
| Houseboat | Melville Shavelson | Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Harry Guardino | Comedy | Paramount |
| How to Make a Monster | Herbert L. Strock | Robert H. Harris, Gary Conway, Gary Clarke | Horror | AIP |
| The Hunters | Dick Powell | Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner, Richard Egan | War | 20th Century Fox |
| I Accuse! | José Ferrer | José Ferrer, Viveca Lindfors, Anton Walbrook | Drama | MGM. Co-production with the UK |
| I Bury the Living | Albert Band | Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Herbert Anderson | Horror | United Artists |
| I Married a Monster from Outer Space | Gene Fowler Jr. | Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott, Peter Baldwin | Science fiction | Paramount |
| I Married a Woman | Hal Kanter | George Gobel, Diana Dors, Adolphe Menjou | Comedy | RKO, Universal |
| I, Mobster | Roger Corman | Steve Cochran, Lita Milan, Celia Lovsky | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| I Want to Live! | Robert Wise | Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Theodore Bikel | Biography | United Artists; Oscar for Hayward |
| Imitation General | George Marshall | Glenn Ford, Red Buttons, Taina Elg | War comedy | MGM |
| In Love and War | Philip Dunne | Robert Wagner, Dana Wynter, Sheree North | War | 20th Century Fox |
| In the Money | William Beaudine | Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Patricia Donahue | Comedy | Allied Artists; final Bowery Boys film |
| The Inn of the Sixth Happiness | Mark Robson | Ingrid Bergman, Curt Jurgens, Robert Donat | Biography | 20th Century Fox. Co-production with the UK. |
| Invisible Avenger | James Wong Howe | Richard Derr, Helen Westcott, Jack Donner | Crime | Republic |
| Island Women | William Berke | Marie Windsor, Vince Edwards, Marilee Earle | Drama | United Artists |
| It! The Terror from Beyond Space | Edward L. Cahn | Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Kim Spalding | Science fiction | United Artists |
| Jet Attack | Edward L. Cahn | John Agar, Audrey Totter, Gregory Walcott | War | AIP |
| Johnny Rocco | Paul Landres | Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, Richard Eyer | Crime | Allied Artists |
| Joy Ride | Edward Bernds | Regis Toomey, Ann Doran, Nicholas King | Crime | Allied Artists |
| Juvenile Jungle | William Witney | Rebecca Welles, Corey Allen, Anne Whitfield | Drama | Republic |
| Kathy O' | Jack Sher | Dan Duryea, Jan Sterling, Patty McCormack | Comedy | Universal |
| The Key | Carol Reed | Sophia Loren, William Holden, Trevor Howard | War | Columbia. Co-production with the UK |
| King Creole | Michael Curtiz | Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Dolores Hart | Musical | Paramount |
| Kings Go Forth | Delmer Daves | Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood | War | United Artists |

## L-R

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Lady Takes a Flyer | Jack Arnold | Lana Turner, Jeff Chandler, Richard Denning | Romance | Universal |
| Lafayette Escadrille | William A. Wellman | Tab Hunter, David Janssen, Will Hutchins | War | Warner Bros. |
| The Last Hurrah | John Ford | Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster | Drama | Columbia |
| The Last of the Fast Guns | George Sherman | Jock Mahoney, Gilbert Roland, Linda Cristal | Western | Universal |
| The Law and Jake Wade | John Sturges | Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, Patricia Owens | Western | MGM |
| The Left Handed Gun | Arthur Penn | Paul Newman, Lita Milan, John Dehner | Western | Warner Bros.; story of Billy the Kid |
| Let's Rock | Harry Foster | Julius LaRosa, Phyllis Newman, Conrad Janis | Musical | Columbia |
| Life Begins at 17 | Arthur Dreifuss | Dorothy Johnson, Mark Damon, Luana Anders | Drama | Columbia |
| The Light in the Forest | Herschel Daugherty | Fess Parker, Wendell Corey, Joanne Dru | Adventure | Disney |
| The Lineup | Don Siegel | Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Richard Jaeckel | Film noir | Columbia |
| Live Fast, Die Young | Paul Henreid | Mary Murphy, Norma Eberhardt, Mike Connors | Film noir | Universal |
| Lonelyhearts | Vincent J. Donehue | Montgomery Clift, Myrna Loy, Robert Ryan | Film noir | United Artists; based on Nathanael West novel |
| The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold | Lesley Selander | Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Noreen Nash | Western | United Artists |
| The Long, Hot Summer | Martin Ritt | Paul Newman, Orson Welles, Joanne Woodward | Drama | 20th Century Fox; based on story by William Faulkner |
| Lost, Lonely and Vicious | Frank Myers | Lilyan Chauvin, Carol Nugent, Sandra Giles | Drama | Howco |
| Lost Lagoon | John Rawlins | Jeffrey Lynn, Peter Donat, Roger Clark | Drama | United Artists |
| The Lost Missile | William Berke | Robert Loggia, Phillip Pine, Kitty Kelly | Science fiction | United Artists |
| Macabre | William Castle | William Prince, Christine Whitem Jacqueline Scott | Horror | Allied Artists |
| Machete | Kurt Neumann | Mari Blanchard, Albert Dekker, Lee Van Cleef | Drama | United Artists |
| Machine-Gun Kelly | Roger Corman | Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot, Morey Amsterdam | Crime | AIP |
| Man in the Shadow | Jack Arnold | Jeff Chandler, Orson Welles, Colleen Miller | Western | Universal |
| Man from God's Country | Paul Landres | George Montgomery, Randy Stuart, Susan Cummings | Western | Allied Artists |
| Man of the West | Anthony Mann | Gary Cooper, Lee J. Cobb, Julie London | Western | United Artists |
| Man or Gun | Albert C. Gannaway | Macdonald Carey, Audrey Totter, James Craig | Western | Republic |
| The Man Who Died Twice | Joseph Kane | Rod Cameron, Vera Ralston, Mike Mazurki | Crime | Republic |
| Maracaibo | Cornel Wilde | Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Abbe Lane | Drama | Paramount |
| Mardi Gras | Edmund Goulding | Pat Boone, Christine Carère, Sheree North | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Marjorie Morningstar | Irving Rapper | Natalie Wood, Gene Kelly, Claire Trevor | Drama | Warner Bros.; based on a novel by Herman Wouk |
| The Matchmaker | Joseph Anthony | Shirley Booth, Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Perkins | Comedy | Paramount; based on Thornton Wilder play |
| Me and the Colonel | Peter Glenville | Danny Kaye, Nicole Maurey, Curd Jürgens | Comedy | Columbia; Golden Globe for Kaye |
| Merry Andrew | Michael Kidd | Danny Kaye, Pier Angeli, Patricia Cutts | Musical | MGM |
| Missile to the Moon | Richard E. Cunha | Richard Travis, Cathy Downs, Tommy Cook | Science fiction | Astor |
| The Missouri Traveler | Jerry Hopper | Brandon deWilde, Lee Marvin, Gary Merrill | Drama | Disney |
| Money, Women and Guns | Richard Bartlett | Jock Mahoney, Kim Hunter, Tim Hovey | Western | Universal |
| Monster on the Campus | Jack Arnold | Arthur Franz, Joanna Moore, Nancy Walters | Science fiction | Universal |
| The Mugger | William Berke | Kent Smith, Nan Martin, James Franciscus | Drama | United Artists |
| Murder by Contract | Irving Lerner | Vince Edwards, Phillip Pine, Herschel Bernardi | Film noir | Columbia |
| The Naked and the Dead | Raoul Walsh | Cliff Robertson, Raymond Massey Aldo Ray | War | RKO; from novel by Norman Mailer |
| The Naked Maja | Henry Koster | Ava Gardner, Anthony Franciosa, Amedeo Nazzari | Adventure | United Artists. Co-production with Italy |
| A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed | Henry Levin | Tom Ewell, Mickey Rooney, Dina Merrill | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| No Place to Land | Albert C. Gannaway | John Ireland, Mari Blanchard, Gail Russell | Drama | Republic |
| No Time for Sergeants | Mervyn LeRoy | Andy Griffith, Nick Adams, Myron McCormick | Comedy | Warner Bros.; based on Broadway play, novel by Mac Hyman |
| The Notorious Mr. Monks | Joseph Kane | Vera Ralston, Don O'Kelly, Luana Anders | Drama | Republic |
| The Old Man and the Sea | John Sturges | Spencer Tracy, Harry Bellaver, Don Diamond | Adventure | Warner Bros.; from Ernest Hemingway novel |
| Once Upon a Horse... | Hal Kanter | Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Martha Hyer | Western | Universal |
| Onionhead | Norman Taurog | Andy Griffith, Walter Matthau, Joey Bishop | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Outcasts of the City | Boris Petroff | Osa Massen, Robert Hutton, Maria Palmer | Drama | Republic |
| Paris Holiday | Gerd Oswald | Bob Hope, Fernandel, Anita Ekberg | Comedy | United Artists |
| The Party Crashers | Bernard Girard | Frances Farmer, Doris Dowling, Connie Stevens | Drama | Paramount |
| Party Girl | Nicholas Ray | Cyd Charisse, Robert Taylor, Lee J. Cobb | Film noir | MGM |
| The Perfect Furlough | Blake Edwards | Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Linda Cristal | Comedy | Universal |
| The Proud Rebel | Michael Curtiz | Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland, Dean Jagger | Western | Disney |
| Quantrill's Raiders | Edward Bernds | Steve Cochran, Diane Brewster, Gale Robbins | Western | Allied Artists |
| Queen of Outer Space | Edward Bernds | Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, Laurie Mitchell | Science fiction | Allied Artists |
| The Quiet American | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Giorgia Moll | War drama | United Artists; based on the novel |
| Rally Round the Flag, Boys! | Leo McCarey | Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Raw Wind in Eden | Richard Wilson | Esther Williams, Jeff Chandler, Rossana Podestà | Film noir | Universal |
| The Reluctant Debutante | Vincente Minnelli | Rex Harrison, Kay Kendall, Sandra Dee | Comedy | MGM |
| The Restless Years | Helmut Käutner | John Saxon, Sandra Dee, Teresa Wright | Film noir | Universal |
| The Return of Dracula | Paul Landres | Francis Lederer, Norma Eberhardt, Virginia Vincent | Horror | United Artists |
| Return to Warbow | Ray Nazarro | Philip Carey, Catherine McLeod, Andrew Duggan | Western | Columbia |
| Revolt in the Big House | R. G. Springsteen | Gene Evans, Robert Blake, Timothy Carey | Crime | Allied Artists |
| Ride a Crooked Trail | Jesse Hibbs | Audie Murphy, Gia Scala, Walter Matthau | Western | Universal |
| Rock-A-Bye Baby | Frank Tashlin | Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, Connie Stevens | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Roots of Heaven | John Huston | Errol Flynn, Trevor Howard, Juliette Gréco | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Run Silent, Run Deep | Robert Wise | Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden | War | United Artists |
| Rx Murder | Derek Twist | Rick Jason, Lisa Gastoni, Marius Goring | Crime | 20th Century Fox. Co-production with the UK |

## S-Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Saddle the Wind | Robert Parrish | Robert Taylor, John Cassavetes, Julie London | Western | MGM; Rod Serling script |
| The Saga of Hemp Brown | Richard Carlson | Rory Calhoun, Beverly Garland, John Larch | Western | Universal |
| Screaming Mimi | Gerd Oswald | Anita Ekberg, Philip Carey, Gypsy Rose Lee | Film noir | Columbia |
| The Screaming Skull | Alex Nicol | John Hudson, Peggy Webber, Russ Conway | Science Fiction | AIP |
| Senior Prom | David Lowell Rich | Jill Corey, Paul Hampton, Barbara Bostock | Musical | Columbia |
| Separate Tables | Delbert Mann | David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster | Drama | United Artists; based on the play; Oscar for Niven |
| Seven Hills of Rome | Roy Rowland | Mario Lanza, Marisa Allasio, Peggie Castle | Musical | MGM |
| The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad | Nathan H. Juran | Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Torin Thatcher | Adventure | Columbia |
| She Demons | Richard Cunha | Irish McCalla, Victor Sen Yung, Rudolph Anders | Science Fiction | Astor |
| She Gods of Shark Reef | Roger Corman | Lisa Montell, Don Durant, Ed Nelson | Adventure | AIP |
| The Sheepman | George Marshall | Glenn Ford, Shirley MacLaine, Leslie Nielsen | Western | MGM |
| Showdown at Boot Hill | Gene Fowler Jr. | Charles Bronson, Carole Mathews, Robert Hutton | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Sierra Baron | James B. Clark | Brian Keith, Mala Powers, Rita Gam | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Sing Boy Sing | Henry Ephron | Tommy Sands, Lili Gentle, Edmond O'Brien | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Some Came Running | Vincente Minnelli | Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine | Drama | MGM; novel by James Jones; 5 Oscar nominations |
| South Pacific | Joshua Logan | Mitzi Gaynor, Rossano Brazzi, John Kerr, | Musical | 20th Century Fox; 3 Oscar nominations; based on Broadway show |
| The Space Children | Jack Arnold | Michel Rey, Adam Williams, Peggy Webber | Science Fiction | Paramount |
| Space Master X-7 | Edward Bernds | Bill Williams, Lyn Thomas, Robert Ellis | Horror, Science Fiction | 20th Century Fox |
| Spy in the Sky! | W. Lee Wilder | Steve Brodie, Andrea Domburg, George Coulouris | Thriller | Allied Artists |
| St. Louis Blues | Allen Reisner | Nat King Cole, Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway | Musical | Paramount |
| Stage Struck | Sidney Lumet | Henry Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Joan Greenwood | Drama | RKO |
| Stakeout on Dope Street | Irvin Kershner | Abby Dalton, Yale Wexler, Jonathan Haze | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Step Down to Terror | Harry Keller | Colleen Miller, Rod Taylor, Charles Drake | Film noir | Universal |
| Street of Darkness | Robert G. Walker | Robert Keys, Julie Gibson, Sheila Ryan | Adventure | Republic |
| Suicide Battalion | Edward L. Cahn | Mike Connors, John Ashley, Russ Bender | War | AIP |
| Summer Love | Charles F. Haas | John Saxon, Molly Bee, Jill St. John | Comedy | Universal |
| Tarawa Beachhead | Paul Wendkos | Ray Danton, Julie Adams, Kerwin Mathews | War | Columbia |
| Tarzan's Fight for Life | H. Bruce Humberstone | Gordon Scott, Eve Brent, James Edwards | Adventure | MGM |
| Teacher's Pet | George Seaton | Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young | Comedy | Paramount |
| Teenage Cave Man | Roger Corman | Robert Vaughn, Leslie Bradley, Frank de Kova | Science Fiction | AIP |
| Ten Days to Tulara | George Sherman | Sterling Hayden, Rafael Alcayde, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. | Western | United Artists |
| Ten North Frederick | Philip Dunne | Gary Cooper, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Suzy Parker | Drama | 20th Century Fox; based on John O'Hara novel |
| Terror from the Year 5000 | Robert J. Gurney Jr. | Joyce Holden, Salome Jens, Ward Costello | Science Fiction | AIP |
| Terror in a Texas Town | Joseph H. Lewis | Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot, Nedrick Young | Western | United Artists |
| The Thing That Couldn't Die | Will Cowan | William Reynolds, Andra Martin, Jeffrey Stone | Science Fiction | Universal |
| Thundering Jets | Helmut Dantine | Audrey Dalton, Rex Reason, Dick Foran | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Thunder Road | Arthur Ripley | Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Keely Smith | Crime | United Artists |
| A Time to Love and a Time to Die | Douglas Sirk | John Gavin, Liselotte Pulver, Jock Mahoney | Drama | Universal |
| Tom Thumb | George Pal | Russ Tamblyn, Alan Young, Terry-Thomas | Musical | MGM. Co-production with the UK |
| Tonka | Lewis R. Foster | Sal Mineo, Philip Carey, John War Eagle | Western | Disney |
| Too Much, Too Soon | Art Napoleon | Dorothy Malone, Errol Flynn, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. | Biography | Warner Bros.; biography of Diana Barrymore |
| Torpedo Run | Joseph Pevney | Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Diane Brewster | War | MGM |
| Touch of Evil | Orson Welles | Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles | Film noir | Universal |
| Toughest Gun in Tombstone | Earl Bellamy | George Montgomery, Beverly Tyler, Jim Davis | Western | United Artists |
| The True Story of Lynn Stuart | Lewis Seiler | Betsy Palmer, Jack Lord, Barry Atwater | Biography | Columbia |
| The Tunnel of Love | Gene Kelly | Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young | Comedy | MGM |
| Twilight for the Gods | Joseph Pevney | Rock Hudson, Cyd Charisse, Arthur Kennedy | Adventure | Universal-International |
| Underwater Warrior | Andrew Marton | Dan Dailey, James Gregory, Claire Kelly | War | MGM |
| Vertigo | Alfred Hitchcock | James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes | Film noir | Paramount; rated among greatest films |
| The Vikings | Richard Fleischer | Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine | Adventure | United Artists |
| Violent Road | Howard W. Koch | Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Brian Keith, Merry Anders | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Villa!! | James B. Clark | Brian Keith, Cesar Romero, Margia Dean | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Voice in the Mirror | Harry Keller | Richard Egan, Julie London, Walter Matthau | Film noir | Universal |
| War of the Colossal Beast | Bert I. Gordon | Sally Fraser, Russ Bender, Rico Alaniz | Science Fiction | AIP |
| War of the Satellites | Roger Corman | Dick Miller, Susan Cabot, Richard Devon | Science Fiction | Allied Artists |
| When Hell Broke Loose | Kenneth G. Crane | Charles Bronson, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Easton | War | Paramount |
| The Whole Truth | John Guillermin | Stewart Granger, Donna Reed, George Sanders | Crime drama | Columbia. Co-production with the UK |
| Wild Heritage | Charles F. Haas | Will Rogers Jr., Maureen O'Sullivan, Judi Meredith | Western | Universal |
| Wind Across the Everglades | Nicholas Ray | Burl Ives, Christopher Plummer, Gypsy Rose Lee | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Wink of an Eye | Winston Jones | Doris Dowling, Barbara Turner, Wally Brown | Comedy | United Artists |
| Wolf Dog | Sam Newfield | Allison Hayes, Jim Davis, Austin Willis | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Wolf Larsen | Harmon Jones | Barry Sullivan, Peter Graves, Gita Hall | Adventure | Allied Artists |
| The World Was His Jury | Fred F. Sears | Edmond O'Brien, Mona Freeman, Robert McQueeney | Drama | Columbia |
| Young and Wild | William Witney | Gene Evans, Scott Marlowe, Robert Arthur | Crime | Republic |
| The Young Lions | Edward Dmytryk | Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin | War | 20th Century Fox; based on Irwin Shaw novel |

## Documentaries

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| White Wilderness | James Algar | | Documentary | Disney |
| Windjammer | Bill Colleran, Louis De Rochemont III | | Documentary | Voyage of the Christian Radich |